Search This Blog

This post is to announce that the weekend's stock signals are available from Alert HQ.

Each week we scan about 7300 stocks and ETFs, checking fundamentals, performing technical analysis and looking for fresh BUY and SELL signals. Out of this process we generate the following lists:

Alert HQ stock alerts - based on a combination of proprietary and standard technical analysis techniques, we identify stocks or ETFs that are undergoing reversals, either to the upside or to the downside

It was a pretty ho-hum week in the stock market. The three major averages finished the week with fractional gains while the Russell 2000 finished with a fractional loss. Financials and tech led the gainers and I have to say it was good to see tech get its mojo back.

None of the economic reports had much of an effect on investors as most of them, despite being pretty decent, were reasonably within the range of expectations. This included home sales, personal income and spending, weekly initial jobless claims, Durable Goods, Consumer confidence and preliminary Q2 GDP.

Company specific news that reverberated most with me included Dell's better than expected earnings report and positive outlook which was followed by Intel also raising their outlook, increasing guidance for the coming quarter and indicating a continued firming in demand. These items lit a fire under tech in general and semiconductors in particular.

Though stocks finished mostly with small gains, it hides the fact that every day this week was a struggle to avoid a loss. This uncertainty is reflected in our signals at Alert HQ. We see a shrinkage in BUY signals, for example. Though our list of Trend Leaders has grown compared to a week ago, it hit its peak mid-week. On the other hand, Swing Signals and Trend Busters continue to lean to the bullish side.

So the market has spent a week consolidating. Earnings season is pretty much over. "Less bad" economic reports are losing their ability to move the market significantly. Volume is low. Are we in the summer doldrums?

This week's results --

Here is the detailed breakdown for Alert HQ for this weekend:

Based on daily data, we have 4 Alert HQ BUY signals and 9 SELL signals

Based on weekly data, we have 5 Alert HQ BUY signals and 22 SELL signals

Based on daily data, we have 491 Trend Leaders. 62 new stocks joined the list since Thursday and 100 fell off the list since Thursday.

Based on daily data, we have 101 Bollinger Band Breakouts but we also have 309 Breakouts based on weekly data.

We have 798 Cash Flow Kings

Based on daily data we have 40 Swing Signals of which 26 are BUY signals and 14 are SELL signals.

Finally, we have Trend Busters with 15 signals based on daily data (10 BUY signals and 5 SELL signals) and 32 based on weekly data (21 BUY signals and 11 SELL signals).

Using our signals --

Visit Alert HQ and download your free lists of stock alerts. The alerts based on weekly data show those stocks that have exhibited some good follow-through after a recent trend reversal. If you want to be early in identifying the newest trend reversals, the lists based on daily data are for you. No matter which preference you have, there are bound to be a few stocks you will want to add to your watch list.

If you're a momentum trader, the Trend Leaders list is a good place to go shopping. If you have no faith in technical analysis, the Cash Flow Kings may be just what you are looking for. If you do favor technical analysis, check out the Trend Busters. And if you are a short-term trader or even a day trader, our Swing Signals may provide some good trading ideas. See them all at Alert HQ.

Labels

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Development of the original TradeRadar Stock Inspector software was begun back in the days before Windows 7 and Windows 8 were available.

As these newer versions of Windows have become more popular, we have heard from some users that they are having problems installing and running TradeRadar on their newer PCs.

The good news is that TradeRadar will work just fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8. All you have to do is adjust the Windows Compatibility Settings to ensure TradeRadar runs as intended.

It is recommended that you can apply Compatibility Settings when running the initial installation; however, it is also possible to apply Compatibility Settings after the program has been installed.

Prior to installation
After downloading the install program, go to the folder where you have stored the TradeRadarStkInsp_7_Setup.exe or TradeRadarStkInsp_7_PRO_Setup.exe executable. Right-click on the executable file and select Properties. Click the Compatibility tab. Adjust the Compatibility mode to …

The Durable Goods advanced report for September 2011 was released on Wednesday.

I like to dig into the Durable Goods report because it can be useful for seeing how tech in aggregate is performing and how the sector may perform in the future. I always focus on two particular measures: shipments and new orders. Let's see how it played out last month.

Shipments --

I generally give less importance to Shipments since this is a backward looking measure reflecting orders that have been confirmed, manufactured and shipped. It's similar to earnings reports -- it's good to know but the data is in the past and we're more interested in the future. The following chart shows how September shipments looked for the overall tech sector:

Results for the overall tech sector were a bit weak but take a look at the next chart which tracks the Computers and related products segment:

Results here were actually quite good and, to make things even better, the previous month was revised upward.

This site was started way back in 2006/2007 to showcase my blog posts and the Alert HQ buy signals and sell signals. Alert HQ grew to include other kinds of stock alerts including Swing Signals, Trend Busters, Trend Leaders, Cash Flow Kings and more.

In the meantime, I built a sister site, TradingStockAlerts.com and I started using some of the same Alert HQ content over there. As a result, I am discontinuing the Alert HQ data here at Trade-Radar.com

The good news, however, is that all the Alert HQ signals and stock screens are still completely free. In addition, the pages have been enhanced so that you can hover over a stock symbol and a small chart will pop up so you can get a quick look at the stock's recent price action. If you click on a symbol it will take you to a page with plenty of financial and technical analysis information (still free!) as well as a larger chart that you can play with in terms of adding or deleting indicators, moving averages, etc.

Version 7.0 of the TradeRadar software is now available on the Download page. Great improvements in usability and configurability - supports more investing styles, looks even better, runs faster, charts integrated into both main screen and Watch List reports. Significant automation has been added to make it easier than ever to use.